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[quote=Anonymous]You might look at the Summit School, which specializes in kids with average to above average cognitive ability but language based disorders.  The founder is a PhD SPL and frequently gives talks on dyslexia.

You can move to change the IEP once you are in a school system.  You might have to ask for new assessment data (or pay for it yourself).  You really need good reading (and probably overall speech/language) testing.  The reading testing should provide grade level achievement and be broken down by discrete skills like phonics, decoding, fluency, accuracy, etc. If the child is reading below grade level and they have normal intelligence (which you can document with cognitive testing), you should be eligible for an IEP.

Good reading programs for dyslexia are Wilson and Phonographix.  MCPS offers Wilson beginning in 3rd grade (I saw this on the MCPS website).  I think you need to have an IEP to get it, but I am not sure.  It may be that you can get it thru EMT process (which is like pre- or less than IEP level school assistance).

Is the child covered by medical insurance?  Either thru your family plan or thru the terms of guardianship?  Medical insurance sometimes pays for some speech/language testing.  It's worth checking.

In theory, schools shouldn't be offering remediation for dyslexia in middle school and high school because kids shouldn't be able to proceed that far without being identified.  A school can't say, "you have dyslexia and you are reading below grade level, but sorry you're too old to give any reading tutoring." [/quote]

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